Bravery, it seems, is as elusive as good taste: notable when it’s there, forgivable when it’s not.
How 265 Women and Girls Went from Being Victims to an Army of Survivors
“We are only as sick as our secrets.” (Alcoholics Anonymous) It’s over. On Monday, February 5th, 2018, in what was likely his last public appearance, former Michigan State University and …
Demander-in-Chief: Fat-Shaming in the Age of Trump
How can we possibly feel that this man, Donald Trump, values that which we painstakingly endure in the course of Motherhood?
A Goodbye To HBO’s Girls
The success of Girls proved something we knew already: the lives of females are intrinsically and boundlessly interesting.
Circles of Girls, Fields of Boys
To the children, gender seemed like a social construct of the grown-up world, rooted in arbitrary semantics, and did not dictate social mores.
When I Threw Away The Baby Books And Blocked Out The Experts
Tired of the nagging fear of inadequacy that the books gave me and desperate to silence the voice saying, you should be doing more, I took my mom’s advice.
Farewell, My Lovey
But Lovey, she’s ten; it’s time to let her go. Everything she needs from you, she already has—except the will to leave you.
Someday, I Will Be Able To Write About Food
Someday, when food is not my best friend and worst enemy, my punishment and reward, my drug, my escape, my prison, I will write about it.
Five Things I Know Better Than to Wish For
Underneath these selfish and unrealistic wishes that skate across my mind is the knowledge that wishing alone won’t make it so.
Paris, Pas Seulement: Not Only Paris
There’s room in our prayers for them too; let us not forget those who don’t make the news.
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